tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post7836181629713223746..comments2023-08-04T20:38:50.604-07:00Comments on കാനത്തൂര് പെരുമ: Durga,Apu and The Train SceneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652349804981711833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-22962061591983234482023-08-04T20:38:50.604-07:002023-08-04T20:38:50.604-07:00A well framed class
A good example for constructiv...A well framed class<br />A good example for constructivist class roomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-89743654147584208362022-08-30T02:02:20.727-07:002022-08-30T02:02:20.727-07:00Good read. I just finished watching Apu Trilogy ye...Good read. I just finished watching Apu Trilogy yesterday. Found this wonderful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-17878054183509042662022-04-06T08:20:50.175-07:002022-04-06T08:20:50.175-07:00Constructivism at its bestConstructivism at its bestPreetha Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382993323647435681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-76419717083387716862021-08-07T06:27:37.898-07:002021-08-07T06:27:37.898-07:00Nice class Nice class Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959119424981090640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-7008838210244122442020-09-28T08:13:26.699-07:002020-09-28T08:13:26.699-07:00😍😍Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932045561409973207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-64736364402898109092018-07-29T08:41:53.414-07:002018-07-29T08:41:53.414-07:00What are these arrives
What are these arrives<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011161790701041286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045374891840854320.post-39506472411499688152015-09-13T10:19:31.519-07:002015-09-13T10:19:31.519-07:00Seeing is believing
I had the opportunity to vis...Seeing is believing<br /><br /> I had the opportunity to visit GUPS Kanathur and observe M.M.Surendran’s class along with Mathrubhumi channel’s reporter and crew. Mathrubhumi TV reporter Nishanth was really amazed to see the performance of class VI students. Nishanth said; “Sir, these boys and girls are really amazing! Look, how confident they are! They can speak English fluently and confidently. They have fairly good communication skills in conveying their ideas accurately in English. They can act, sing, dance and draw. The teacher, Surendran is with them, instilling confidence and encouraging them. Here learning English is a joyful experience”. <br /> The idiom “Seeing is believing” is what I can say after observing Surendran’s students. M.M.Surendran challenges the “chalk and talk” strategy of English teaching and learning. One of the features of Surendran’s strategy of teaching English is active reading. He makes his students active readers of the stories in the English text book. Reading and comprehension are crucial in language learning. Comprehension becomes meaningful only when children could analyse a text, improvise it in different forms and create novel texts. As a result, the texts come alive in the English language class room. I along with the Mathrubhumi TV team really saw the children enacting the following. <br />Students read the part of the story in the text “Raja’s garden” in their previous class. I asked a few questions to the children about Raja’s garden. Then I asked them a tricky question; can you create Raja’s garden? Can you dramatise the scene? Instantly, the boys and girls started discussing. They decided to play different roles of Raja’s friends. Thus students started acting the roles of birds, flowers, jackals etc. By doing this the children experienced the beautiful description of Raja’s garden in the text book. The description in the text book came alive visually in the class room. One of the students described the animals, birds and plants in the garden in flawless English. <br />Here is another example of Surendran’s improvisation. Students have to read the lesson “Making of a Mango Pickle” an incident from the famous Bengali novel Patherpanchali. Surendran posed a challenging question: “Can you enact the scene ‘Making of a Mango Pickle’? Immediately a few students came forward. One played the role of Appu and other played Durga’s role. They played the roles and delivered meaningful dialogues. The scene became alive in the class. The class became vibrant; the story became alive in the class. <br />After observing Surendran’s English class we felt, if teachers teach English this way, students will become autonomous and independent users of English. Text books will come alive in the classroom. Teachers need not have to teach the English text book, but “do” the texts in the class room. In such class rooms children listen, speak, draw, act, dance, perform and write. Learning English will not be a burden to students in such classrooms. Students become delighted and involved in the process with much concentration. They feel relaxed and calm after doing each activity. <br />We appreciated M.M.Surendran’s class and thanked all the students. Later the class was telecast by Mathrubhumi TV. There was also a detailed report in Mathrubhumi newspaper on “how the students of GUPS Kanathur speak English confidently”. The experience is really an eye opener. This school has the potential to become an academic model for the entire state.<br /><br />Dr. P.K.Jayaraj<br />PKJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369872280818407769noreply@blogger.com